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OPEN ISSUES

• None.

KEY DECISIONS

• Faculty support person in SBA hired for next year to help with project sustainability.

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LEAD: Jeanne Enders, Executive Director, School of Business On-line Initiatives, School of Business Administration

PROJECT MANAGER: Hans VanDerSchaafCOLLABORATORS: School of Business Administration, Office of Academic Innovation, Impact Entrepreneurs, Employers, and Business Advisory Council

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ACHIEVEMENTS THIS PERIOD (03.09.15-04.26.15)

• Completed course design, build and Quality Matters review for 6 of the 9 courses in the second batch of course development.

• Secured faculty support resources for next year, which will be crucial in supporting project sustainability.

• Finished Winter 2015 course development training.

• Completed second batch of academic and career modules.

• Continued work with setting up infrastructure for students to use ePortfolios.

• Presented at the AAEEBL ePortfolio conference about this project’s ePortfolio efforts.

• Made further progress on developing project sustainability plans.

GOALS FOR NEXT PERIOD(04.27.15-05.31.15)

• Complete QM review on all final courses and finish all course development for project.

• Complete final academic and career modules.

• Complete end-of-project report and sustainability plan and capture project artifacts.

#158 Expanding the Sphere of Influence: A Vision for Increased Access Through Highly Effective On-line Programming in BusinessExpand SBA’s sphere of influence by providing highly effective, on-line degree

completion programs that enable students to achieve their career goals. This will

entail offering two fully on-line part-time undergraduate degrees, supporting ePortfolio

and internship projects, and by supporting the social enterprise coursework.

PROGRESS

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PROJECT STATUS: On Schedule

April 2015

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OPEN ISSUES

• None.

KEY DECISIONS

• None.

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• Completed the first batch of course development (10 courses).

• Continued work with second batch of course development (9 courses).

• Achieved 80% completion of building the academic and career modules.

• Identified all subject matter experts for the academic and career modules.

• Continued work with setting up infrastructure for students to use ePortfolios.

• Began developing project’s sustainability plan/integration plan into SBA.

• Continued work to revamp the SBA website with information about this program by building the landing page for the academic and career modules.

• Managed a transition in faculty support resources for the project.


• Conduct a review of the first batch of courses to further refine.

• Complete course design and build for 8 of the 9 courses in the second batch of course development.

• Finish Winter 2015 course development training.

• Complete all academic and career modules.

• Continue work with setting up infrastructure for students to use ePortfolios.

• Make further progress on developing project sustainability plans.





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OPEN ISSUES

• None.

KEY DECISIONS

• None.

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• Finished work to revamp SBA website with information about this program, with the exception of the landing page for the academic and career modules.

• Nearly finished first batch of course development (ten courses).

• Initiated second batch of course development (10 courses).

• Prepared for Winter 2015 course development training by modifying week-long training into two-hour modules in Desire2Learn that faculty will use for course development moving forward.

• Faculty began Winter 2015 course development training.

• Finished building instructional design capacity through the Sloan-C program.

• Made significant progress with developing the second (6) and third (6) batches of academic and career development modules.

• Identified nearly all subject-matter experts for the remaining academic and career development modules.

• Finished onboarding Winter instructors.

• Developed new strategy for eportfolios.


• Complete final work on the first batch of course development (10 courses).

• Continue work with second batch of course development (9 courses).

• Finish Winter 2015 course development training.

• Finish second and third batch of academic and career support modules.

• Finish identifying subject-matter experts for the remaining academic and career support modules.

• Continue work with the fourth batch (4) of academic and career support modules.

• Continue work with setting up infrastructure for students to use ePortfolios.

• Begin developing project’s sustainability plan/integration plan into SBA.

• Finish work to revamp the SBA website with information about this program by building the landing page for the academic and career modules.

• Finish work to develop a short and long-term retention practice/strategy document.





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OPEN ISSUES

• The ability to offer flat-rate tuition in and out of state, and include only fees relevant to fully online students, is essential to the near- and long-term success of Portland State University’s fully online programs. In particular, this project has determined that we must prioritize the ability to fill courses with non-cohort students across the three years of the program. Stakeholders are planning to meet in mid-December to discuss this issue.

KEY DECISIONS

• Supply and Logistics Management track will have one admission per year (Fall).

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• Completed all but one course of the first batch of course development work (nine courses complete).

• Continued to develop the ePortfolio part of the degrees.

• Refined the course design training to meet the timeframe available in January and scheduled the course designers.

• All faculty course designers have been identified and accepted the course designer role for Winter 2015 development.

• Continued work to develop a first draft of a short- and long-term retention practice/strategy document.

• The second batch of academic and career support modules is 75% complete.

• Continued with recruiting students for Spring Management and Leadership (M&L) and Fall Supply and Logistics Management (SLM) cohorts.


• Finish first batch of course development.

• Begin second batch of course development.

• Generate contracts for remaining course designers.

• Finish work to develop a short- and long-term retention practice/strategy document.

• Finish the second batch of academic and career support modules.

• Start and finish the third batch of academic and career support modules.

• Continue with student recruitment, including initial deployment of a digital marketing campaign.

• Finish onboarding Winter instructors.

• Finish identifying ePortfolio assignments.

• Implement training for new and current students about how to use the ePortfolio concept (and ideally platform).




and internship projects, and by supporting the social enterprise coursework

PROGRESS



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OPEN ISSUES

• The ability to offer flat-rate tuition in and out of state, and include only fees relevant to fully online students, is essential to the near- and long-term success of Portland State University’s fully online programs. In particular, this project has determined that we must prioritize the ability to fill courses with non-cohort students across the three years of the program. The project team and sponsors are meeting soon to mitigate this issue.

KEY DECISIONS

• None.

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• Developed and implemented a robust course development training that included the following: online pedagogy (best practices), faculty workload, student experience, transformational learning, significant learning experiences, standard course components for the online program testing and assessment, University/School of Business/course/weekly learning objective review and improvement, aligned activities development, video chat protocol, and developing a standard “everything you need page” for student clarity.

• Established a Quality Matters review process with the Office of Academic Innovation.

• Continued with first batch of course development work for ten courses.

• Launched a new cohort this Fall term of 26 students in the management and leadership degree.

• Held a customer engagement session with prospective students to influence program and course design.

• Onboarded a new associate director for Online Business Education in August.

• Hired and worked with Course Design Training specialist.

• Finalized 3 modules: Working with spreadsheets, Personal Finance and Academic integrity.


• Complete first batch of course development work (ten courses) by 11.30.14.

• Continue to develop the ePortfolio part of the project.

• Refine the course design training to meet the timeframe available in January and schedule the course designers.

• Generate contracts for remaining course designers.

• All faculty course designers have been identified and accepted the course designer role for Winter 2015 development.

• Continue work to develop a first draft of a short and long-term retention practice/strategy document.

• Finish the development of the second batch of academic and career support modules.

• Recruit students for spring Management and Leadership (M&L) and Fall Supply and Logistics Management (SLM) and M&L cohorts.

• Onboard and launch Winter instructors.




and internship projects, and by supporting the social enterprise coursework

PROGRESS



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OPEN ISSUES

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KEY DECISIONS

�� Revised project budget approved by Associate Dean of Graduate Programs in the School of Business Administration and the Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Student Success.

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�� Finalized work outline with timeline and milestones.

�� Hired contract position to help with faculty development.

�� Hired contract position to assist with development of academic and career modules.

�� Hired retention position.

�� Hired a part-time, temporary position to work on project during the search for the Associate Director of Online Business Education.

�� %HJDQ�VHDUFK�SURFHVV�WR�¿QG�SHUVRQ�WR�¿OO��WKH�Associate Director of Online Business Education role.

�� Hired two student workers to take on work of current video contractor as his contract for this project ends.

�� Finalized plans for faculty technology support.

�� Completed transition work with departing Director of Online Business Education including ePortfolio implementation planning.

�� &RQ¿JXUHG�DQG�SRVWHG�7LPH�0DQDJHPHQW�OHDUQLQJ�module (1st completed module) for reTHINK degree students on Online Education website.

�� Completed revision of project budget to align with work moving forward.

GOALS FOR NEXT PERIOD (6.2.14-10.19.14)

�� Hire contract position to create attractive, user-friendly home pages in D2L, and web page templates for the Changemaker SBA Undergraduate program coursework.

�� Create online course in D2L to help faculty prepare for workshops.

�� ,QLWLDWH�ZRUN�ZLWK�WKH�2I¿FH�RI�$FDGHPLF�,QQRYDWLRQ�WR�begin collaboration on course development workshops.

�� Develop summer strategy for Supply & Logistics Management admissions.

�� Secure SBA course approvals for MGMT 410: Innovation for Shared Value and BA/MGMT/ISQA XXX - Applied Theories of Career and Work.

�� ,QLWLDWH�¿UVW�DQG�VHFRQG�EDWFKHV�RI�FRXUVH�GHYHORSPHQW�work.

�� Build D2L workshop.

�� Design schedule/agenda and identify exemplars for face-to-face workshops.

�� Prepare for and deliver August/September 2014 course development workshop.

�� 'HYHORS�¿UVW��VHFRQG�DQG�WKLUG�EDWFKHV�RI�DFDGHPLF��career support modules.

�� Continue development of ePortfolio portion of degree.

�� Continue discussions with community college partners to help with program development.

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OPEN ISSUES

• None

KEY DECISIONS

• See above: Accomplishments resulted in key decisions.

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COLLABORATORS: School of Business Administration, Office of Academic Innovation, Impact Entrepreneurs, Employers, and Business Advisory Council

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• Completed benchmark module production.

• Clarified video production, academic advisor and Desire2Learn needs.

• Clarified workshop format and timing.

• Clarified model for course development.

• Finalized a revised budget for the project, which includes substantial support for faculty to engage in course development.

• Identified way to sustain academic adviser support for project while current staff is on leave.

• Established a plan to incorporate student work into a “soft launch” of ePortfolio in summer 2014.

• Launched three new courses for spring.

• Hired temporary contract support for part of the role of the departing Director of Online Business Education.

• Generated educational material describing Supply & Logistics Management admissions support (SLM) degree to share with out-of-state community colleges, employers and prospective students.

• Posted new tuition rate (RDT) for SLM option on website and in other materials.


• Finalize work outline with timeline and milestones.

• Hire contract positions to help with faculty development and development of academic and career modules.

• Begin developing and scheduling for first course development workshop (June 2014).

• Initiate work with the Office of Academic Innovation to begin collaboration on course development workshops.

• Create online course in Desire2Learn to help faculty prepare for workshops.

• Hire retention position.

• Begin search process to find a permanent person to fill the Director of Online Business Education role.

• Develop summer strategy for SLM admissions.

• Finalize plans for providing faculty technology support.

• Complete transition work with departing Director of Online Business Education, including ePortfolio implementation planning.

• Configure and post Time Management learning module (1st completed module) for reTHINK degree students on Online Education website.

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�� Project team and project leadership are working through how to allocate project resources so that there DUH�VXI¿FLHQW�UHVRXUFHV�IRU�FRXUVH�GHYHORSPHQW�VXSSRUW�and stipends to compensate faculty for engaging in course development. Mitigation is nearly complete.

�� SBA Project leads are working through how to maximize and coordinate use of shared resources for the project (video production, academic advising support, and Desire2Learn support), including the best alignment of personnel resources and project needs.

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KEY DECISIONS

�� We will reallocate funds to purchase course design VHUYLFHV�DQG�FRPSHQVDWH�FRXUVH�OHDGV�IRU�³PDVWHU´�course development.

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ACHIEVEMENTS THIS PERIOD

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�� Design timeline for extracurricular module development. Established process for development of learning modules (click here for link).

�� Recruited and trained spring faculty and launched FRXUVH�GHVLJQ�H[HFXWLRQ�IRU�VSULQJ�IRU�¿YH�FRXUVHV�

GOALS FOR NEXT PERIOD

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�� Complete benchmark module production.

�� Recruit next group of faculty for fall courses and begin design process.

�� Clarify video production, academic advisor and Desire2Learn needs and explore how this might/might not relate to other SBA Provost’s Challenge projects.

�� Finalize work outline with timeline and milestones.

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�� +DYLQJ�LGHQWL¿HG�UHVRXUFHV��QRZ�FRPSOHWH�H[HFXWLRQ�plan for course development via course leaders.

�� Finalize restricted differential tuition.

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�� Project team and project leadership are working through how to allocate project resources so WKDW�WKHUH�DUH�VXI¿FLHQW�UHVRXUFHV�IRU�FRXUVH�development support and stipends to compensate faculty for engaging in course development.

KEY DECISIONS

�� Initial approval of restricted differential tuition, to be deployed on a pilot basis, which will permit competitive pricing of fully on-line cohort-based degrees.

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�� Launched three new courses and began initial review of Fall 2013 courses.

�� Secured initial approval of restricted differential tuition proposal, to be deployed on a pilot basis, which will permit competitive pricing of fully on-line cohort-based degrees.

�� Reviewed planned expenditures to create more clarity on resource allocation plans.

�� Created detailed draft of work outline with time-line and milestones.

�� Finalized Project Management Plan.


�� Establish a plan to incorporate student work into D�³VRIW�ODXQFK´�RI�H3RUWIROLR�LQ�VXPPHU��

�� ,GHQWLI\�UHVRXUFHV�WR�SURYLGH�VXI¿FLHQW�funding for course and module development support and stipends for faculty participating in course development.

�� Finalize work outline with time-line and milestones.

�� Recruit next group of faculty for courses and begin design process.

�� Design time-line for extracurricular module development.

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OPEN ISSUES

�� (GXFDWLRQDO�SDUWQHUVKLSV�ZLWK�RXW�RI�VWDWH�business leaders and community college partners are contingent on decisions related to WXLWLRQ�HTXDOL]DWLRQ�IRU�RXW�RI�VWDWH�VWXGHQWV�

�� Identify states where PSU has operating authority.

�� Identifying funds for course development.

�� Faculty training process improvement and HVWDEOLVK�WKH�UROH�RI�2I¿FH�RI�$FDGHPLF�,QQRYDWLRQ�DQG�2I¿FH�RI�,QIRUPDWLRQ�Technology in faculty support.

�� Identify hosting solution for instructional video.

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�� Based on consultations with Supply and Logistics Management faculty and industry SDUWQHUV��PDGH�¿QDO�GHFLVLRQV�IRU�WKH�6XSSO\�and Logistics Management curriculum.

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�� Faculty recruitment/training for upcoming coursework.

�� Continued regional community college and industry partnerships.

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�� Hired video production assistants.

�� Started work on mobile apps.

�� Held several staff strategy sessions, which culminated in a customer session design.


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�� Identify customer session participants, including employers, prospective students, and community college leadership, to inform program requirements and become more knowledgeable about stakeholder interests.

�� By the end of January, launch new three courses and begin initial review of Fall 2013 courses.

�� Recruit faculty for courses and begin design process.

�� Design timeline for extracurricular module development.

�� Finalize detailed work plan.

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Expand SBA’s sphere of influence by providing highly effective, online degree completion programs thatenable students to achieve their career goals.This will entail offering two fully online part-timeundergraduate degrees, supporting ePortfolio and internship projects, and by supporting the socialenterprise coursework.

Project Status: On Schedule

Achievements this period (5.2013-11.15.13)

● Launched first on-campus orientation.● Developed eight pilot courses.● Developed four improved cohort courses.● Hired and onboarded staff.● Developed application process for

undergraduate degree and for-credit socialentrepreneurship certificate.

● Developed standard practice forsynchronous video use.

● Developed standard practice forinstructional design process and videoproduction process.

● Developed admission process for onlinecohort program.

Goals for next period (11.16.13-12.15.13)

● Develop articulation agreements withdomestic and international partners.

● Academic and career moduledevelopment (10 modules).

● Faculty training process improvementand establish the role of OAI and OITin faculty support.

● Faculty recruitment/training forupcoming coursework.

● Develop pedagogical strategy for70-student course (specific coursesonly).

● Continue regional community collegeand industry partnerships.

● Develop new course evaluation strategy(student evaluation forms).

Key decisions this period (5.2013-11.15.13)

● Synchronous video is a requiredcomponent of all coursework.

● Admissions will roll fall and spring.● Student retention functions will be

executed by academic adviser position.● Cohort size will be 35 per cycle per option.

Open issues

● Develop articulation agreements withdomestic and international partners astemplates to scale.

● Academic and career moduledevelopment (10 modules)

● Faculty training process improvementand establish the role of OAI and OITin faculty support.

Lead: Jeanne Enders, Executive Director, School of Business Online Initiatives, School ofBusiness Administration

Project Manager: Hans VanDerSchaaf

Collaborators: School of Business Administration, Office of Academic Innovation, ImpactEntrepreneurs, Employers, and Business Advisory Council

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